E on the Z

&nbsp

Friday, January 11

by E on the Z,posted Jan 11 2013 8:07AM

Justin Timberlake posted a video on a site that's counting down to midnight, Sunday night. We don’t know what the announcement is for sure yet, but it's probably details on a new album, a single, tour dates, or some combination of those. In the video, he says he's "ready" to return to his music career. He says he isn't someone who can record new music every year and be happy with it. He needs to take his time in-between projects. When the time came, the "announcement" was just a countdown for another announcement.

Beyoncé broke some news on her website saying, "I'm so proud to announce the first original Destiny's Child music in eight years!" Yes, a new Destiny’s Child compilation is on the way. It's called "Love Songs" and it's coming out January 29th. It'll include one brand new song called "Nuclear". Meanwhile, we believe that Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will reunite with Beyoncé onstage during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl on February 3rd. Insiders say Bey will open the show by herself and midway through her performance, Kelly and Michelle will come onstage for a short medley of Destiny's Child songs ending with that new song "Nuclear". If this happens, it'll be their first performance together since 2006.

Justin Bieber is being sued by an ex-bodyguard, wait for it….for beating him up. And to make this lawsuit even more ridiculous, this guy is one of those former Israeli military guys who is like one of the biggest badasses on the planet. The dude's name is Moshe Benabou, and he worked for Justin for about a year and a half till last October and he claims Justin was abusive. During one incident, he claims Justin berated him and punched him in the chest multiple times. A source close to Justin calls the guy, "a disgruntled employee looking for money" and says the idea that Justin hit him is absurd. Moshe was actually fired apparently for being a pretty habitual liar. He even lied to get the job in the first place by falsely claiming he had previously worked with Justin Timberlake.

Nominations for this year's Oscars were announced yesterday, and "Lincoln" got the most, with 12. "Life of Pi" was a close second with 11. Both movies are up for Best Picture along with "Argo", "Django Unchained", "Les Misérables", "Beasts of the Southern Wild", "Silver Linings Playbook", "Amour", and "Zero Dark Thirty". There weren't any huge snubs for Best Picture, but there were in the Best Director category. Some people expected "Zero Dark Thirty" director Kathryn Bigelow to not only be nominated but to WIN Best Director. She was left out along with "Les Misérables" director Tom Hooper and "Argo" director Ben Affleck, who were also expected to be nominated. Here are the rest of nominees.